Deliver Us from Evil is the tenth album by the Welsh heavy metal band Budgie, released in October 1982 on RCA Records, and according to Burke Shelley its theme "attacks the power structures of East and West and the balance of terror";[2] it also "refers to all kinds of evil, not just The Bomb and war, but the main theme calls for world peace".
[2] One reviewer suggested that the album's lyrics were influenced by Shelley becoming a born-again Christian.
Reception of the album was mixed, due to a more commercially oriented sound than previous releases.
It has been described as either "a complete musical shipwreck" [1] or "a collection which not only sounds fantastic but bristles with great songs and exquisite often Who-like arrangements".
[3] Their commercial appeal has been justified as a "conscious effort to broaden their horizons"[3] in order to attend "a market more attuned to melody than mere muscle".